Detection of MAGE-4 protein in sera of patients with head-and-neck squamous-cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Iwamoto, Osamu ^a   Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Shichijo, Shigeki ^a   Eura, Masao ^b   Kameyama, Tadamitsu ^a   Itoh, Kyogo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031045862     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970127)70:3<287::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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